Gritting

The Council is responsible for keeping the roads safe in winter and we have a team on 24 hour standby from October to April. We have 15 gritting lorries with snow plough attachments, one dedicated gritter lorry, one loader vehicle and 10 footway gritters with ploughs.

Wecheck the highways forecasting service and our road sensors three times a day to plan our gritting action.

WINTER GRITTING FORECAST - Season Now Over

Our winter maintenance operations have now ceased for 2018/19. Roads Network teams will continue to provide a 24 hour on call service to respond to any emergency issues reported across the network.

We will resume maintenance of this page in October 2019.

To report a gritting issue please complete our online form to report an issue relating to Grit routes or Grit bins during normal working hours (Monday-Friday 9am - 5pm). Outwith these hours, please call us on 0300 123 4510 if the situation is urgent. Submissions out of working hours will not be received by our technicians until the next working day..

During prolonged periods of cold weather East Dunbartonshire concentrate our gritting operations to our primary routes initially. Once these routes have been treated and running clear, resources are then diverted to treat our secondary routes and this process is continued until all roads are treated or the weather dissipates. Given the volume of roads within East Dunbartonshire, this process may take several days to complete.

Primary routes: cover 67% of the 510km of roads in the area and include:

Main roads

Bus routes

Access to fire, police and ambulance stations

Access to hospitals

Steep or dangerous roads

At least one access road to each school

Secondary routes: cover local and general access roads, less used industrial roads and cul-de-sacs etc, which are only salted during prolonged periods of adverse weather and when resources allow.

Footway gritting

We have specialised gritters for footways and the our priority footway routes include:

Main shopping areas

Footways at community centres and health centres

Footways near sheltered housing and schools

Steep or particularly wet footways that create enhanced risk

If freezing conditions are forecast we treat the Primary and Secondary Footway Routes in advance as a precaution.

Grit Bins

We have more than 400 grit bins which we regularly check and refill. You can view your nearest grit bin. If you want to request a grit bin in your local area, you can complete the grit bin request form within the documents section.

Additional grit

Members of the public can get grit at Broomhill Depot, Kilsyth Road, Kirkintilloch G661QF. You will need to bring a container and load the grit yourself.

Salt Dome

Our Salt Dome holds up to 5,000 tonnes of salt, keeping it dry to maximise its effectiveness on the roads.